Italo Calvino

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talian novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and essayist
Born: October 15, 1923 – Died: September 19, 1985

known for
Layered, fable-like stories. Allegories about how the individual conscience molds the course of history. A fascinating writer--unlike anyone else.

books
The Path to the Nest of Spiders
The Watcher and Other Stories
Our Ancestors
The Baron in the Trees
The Nonexistent Knight and The Cloven Viscount
Marcovaldo
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Invisible Cities
Mr. Palomar
Under the Jaguar Sun
Numbers in the Dark
Cosmicomics
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Italian Folk Tales
The Uses of Literature
Difficult Loves
The Road to San Giovanni
Six Memos for the Next Millennium